Travel tax senate inquiry

THE Federal opposition has held out on taking a stance on the proposed backpacker tax legislation and called for a short Senate inquiry to "inform Labor's final position". The proposal would see a new 19% tax for backpacker introduced and the Passenger Movement Charge for all pax departing Australia increased to $60 from 01 Jul (TD 27 Sep). Shadow Minister for Tourism, Anthony Albanese this week accused the Coalition of wanting "to rush its legislative Backpacker Tax 'fix' through the Parliament". Tourism & Transport Forum ...

The above snippet is the first part of an article sent to subscribers in Travel Daily's issue from 12 Oct 16